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Across Colorado, only about one of every 15 children who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches -- those most likely to be at risk of hunger because of their families' low incomes -- gets summer meals, said Taylor Washington, community engagement manager at Hunger Free Colorado.

Douglas County leaders will consider appropriating $3 million a year in ongoing money to more than double the number of armed school resource officers in the district -- from 11 to 27 -- as communities south of Denver continue recovering from a deadly school shooting earlier this month.

The only Denver school board member eligible to run for re-election this year said Wednesday she does not plan to seek a second term. Lisa Flores will serve out the remainder of her four-year term representing northwest Denver, but will step down after the election in November.